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Whitney Winkler said kids have inspired her art since she started painting. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Whitney Winkler, a transplant from Illinois, didn’t foresee becoming an artist or owning a studio in Memphis, but motherhood led her there.
Winkler said art has been a way to express herself throughout her life, and she began painting when she became a mother.
“Painting was a way I could see something start to finish in one sitting and feel like I created and produced something that day,” she said. “The mundaneness of motherhood was the spark of art for me.”
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Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She covers commercial real estate, economic development, residential real estate, restaurant real estate, and hospitality and tourism.
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